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31. IOR/L/PS/20/C57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C57
Title:
'Oman. Map of and Reports on by Major Ross'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of the following: memorandum on tribal divisions in the Principality of Oman to accompany table of tribes, by Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent at Muscat (folios 2-3); table entitled 'Principal Tribes of Oman', signed by Ross (folio 4). The table is divided between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1872
Extent:

1 volume (7 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/20/C152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C152
Title:
'TRIBES ROUND THE JUNCTION OF THE EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS'
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled Tribes Round the Junction of the Euphrates and the Tigris compiled by the Basrah [Basra] Branch of the Arab Bureau, Cairo Intelligence Department. The publication consists of: an overview of the political situation in the area; notes on the Bani Mansūr [Banū Man...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (15 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1
Title:
‘A HISTORY OF PERSIA’
Scope & Content:
This file is A History of Persia by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Molesworth Sykes (London: Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1915). The file consists of two volumes, containing a historical narrative of Persia [Iran], dating from around 6000 BCE to the signing of the Persian Constitution of 1906 CE. It c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

2 volumes (770 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/20/C244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C244
Title:
Précis of Mekran Affairs
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is a précis of affairs relating to Makrān (spelt Mekran throughout) coast in the south of Sindh and Baluchistan. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1905 by the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:

1 volume (67 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/20/C134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C134
Title:
'LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TURKEY AND PERSIA'
Scope & Content:
This volume is entitled LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TURKEY AND PERSIA, and is a description of the British lines of communication between the Ottoman Empire and Persia [Iran]. It was produced in 1916 by the General Staff of the British Indian Army and was printed by the Government Monotype Pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (62 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/20/C101/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C101/12
Title:
'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)'
Scope & Content:
Volume IV, Part II of a series of publications on ‘Routes in Persia’ produced by the General Staff, India. The volume, entitled Mobilisation Routes in Persia, has a military focus, and covers routes in an area in central and southeast Persia spanning Fars, Laristan, Kerman, and Yazd. The volum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (306 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/20/C239

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C239
Title:
Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Koweit Affairs, 1896-1904
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Kuwait (spelt Koweit throughout) affairs for the years 1896-1904. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 190...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (64 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/20/C202/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C202/4
Title:
‘MILITARY REPORT ON MESOPOTAMIA. (Iraq.) Area 7 (TIGRIS). (Provisional.)’
Scope & Content:
A volume in a series of official publications entitled ‘Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq).’, compiled by the General Staff, British Forces in Iraq. This volume covers an area referred to as ‘Area 7: Tigris’. This area contains the lower section of the Tigris River, running north from Bagh-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (101 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/20/C91/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/6
Title:
‘Map of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia compiled in the Foreign Office, Simla, by Lieut. F.F. Hunter, I.A. Survey of India, in Consultation with J.G. Lorimer, I.C.S., & Capt. M. O’C. Tandy, R.E., for “The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman & Central Arabia” 1905-06-07-08’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Office of the Trigonometrical Branch, Survey of India, Dehra Dún. Outline and hill shading by Munshi Karim Bakhsh. Typing by Munshis [sic] Karim Bakhsh and Tufail Ahmad Khán. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Map of the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1908
Extent:
1 map in slip case

40. IOR/L/PS/20/C74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C74
Title:
PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.
Scope & Content:
Printed report published by the Intelligence Department of the Admiralty, 1903. The report includes advice on collecting information on defences such as defended areas, minefields, ordnance, under-water defences. Much of the information was extracted from the Persian Gulf Report, 1898. There a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
56 folios